Vehicle-spring



(No Model.)-

D. A.- SOHUTT VEHICLE SPRING.

No. 346,952. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

. i m WV W a M MM m m UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

DUNY A. SCHUTT, OF HULTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346.952, dated August10, 1886.-

Application filed May 29, 1886. Serial 0. 203,675. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNY A. SOHUTT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hulton,

in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Springs; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being hadtothe accompanyingdrawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bearing-springs, the objectsbeing to provide a spring of simple and durable construction, and alsoto construct the same in such a manner as to obtain the greatestelasticity from a comparatively small portion of metal; and

with these ends in view my invention consists in the peculiar manner ofbending or forming the spring from a single metallic bar, as will befully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved spring constructedin accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is anend elevation of a wagon-bed having my improved springs attachedthereto. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of awagon-seat provided with myimproved springs. ,Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of a rocking-chair,showing the manner of applying myimproved spring thereto. Fig. 6 isaside elevation of aspring-bedconstructed with my improved springs.

To put my invention into practice,I provide a flat metallic bar ofsuitable size, having one or more circular openings,.a, formed at oneend and loop I at the other, in which a small bushing, m, is secured.This flat metallic bar I first bend at c a short distance from thecenter, and again with a reverse curve, (1, of the same radius. The bendor curve f is next formed, after which the reverse bend e is made. I nowform thelarge outside curves, 9 h, and bend one end of the bar at anacute angle, 1', to form a means for rigidly securing the same to theobject requiring its use. On the other end of the bar I form a loop, Z,which is also attached to the object by a small pin or bolt.

A spring thus formed occupies but a small space, and may be applied tovarious objects requiring its use, as shown in the accompanyingdrawings.

I am aware that it is not new to arrange a spring having its middleportion in the center of a coil composed of integral parallel reversecurves, the free ends of which are connected with a lever, which lattercarries devices for attachment to equalizing-bars arranged transverselyon the under front and rear portion of 60 a vehicle-body, and thereforedo not wish to be understood as claiming such, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a flat convolute spring havingan integral tan- 'gential attaching-arm and a curved attachingarmterminating in an eye, substantially as specified.

2. Aspringforthe purposes described, consisting of a flat metallic barbent about midway of its length and formed by parallelcoils in the samedirection, with its ends carried in opposite directions, one of which istangential 75 and perforated, and the opposite one curved andterminating in a loop or eye, substantially as specified.

- DUNY A. SOHUTT.

Witnesses:

J. B. CLARK, P. B. REILLY.

